Ladybridge High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 2 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bolton
Unique reference
134646
Address
New York, Junction Road, Deane, BL3 4NG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1088 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.1%
Girls
46.9%
First language not English
34.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.5%
Persistent absence
20.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 29%
Pakistani 24.4%
Indian 15.5%
Other 7.8%
African 6%
Other White 4.4%
Mixed 4.4%
Other Asian 3.9%
Bangladeshi 2%
Other Black 1.4%
Unclassified 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.2
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.3
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.79
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE49
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE49
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE46
English LanguageGCSE210
English LiteratureGCSE210
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE59
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ladybridge High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
230
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
239
2nd preference
137
3rd preference
176
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
192
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
17
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
239
128
111
Year 8
210
106
104
Year 9
212
100
112
Year 10
211
118
93
Year 11
216
126
90
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
44.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
16.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
41.0%
22.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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